The Scottish inheritance --
The education of a king --
James VI of Scotland --
Crisis and final triumph in Scotland --
The English inheritance --
Taking over a new kingdom --
Puritans and Catholics, the first failure --
The first round with parliment --
The end of the Elizabethan age --
The financial breakdown --
Experiment in personal rule --
The end of the Howard supremacy --
Crisis abroad and at home --
The end of King James's peace.